Maternal and Child Care: Trauma and Pregnancy Therapeutic Management: Gunshot wounds:

Assessment of the wound includes:

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Trauma and Pregnancy Therapeutic Management: Gunshot wounds:

Assessment of the wound includes:

James Marion Endrina Entice · Accepted Answer

inspection for the point where the bullet entered the body and the point where it exited (the entry wound is small but the exit wound is large because as a bullet slows, it begins to tumble, enlarging the
space it occupies).

Maternal and Child Care

Trauma and Pregnancy Therapeutic Management: Gunshot wounds: Assessment of the wound includes:

Inspection for the point where the bullet entered the body and the point where it exited (the entry wound is small but the exit wound is large because as a bullet slows, it begins to tumble, enlarging the space it occupies).

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